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30 (A)Do not contend with a man without cause,
If he has dealt you no [a]harm.

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  1. Proverbs 3:30 Lit evil

30 Do not quarrel with anyone without cause,
    when he did not do you harm.

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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But (A)love covers all transgressions.

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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
    but love covers over all offenses.

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10 With arrogance [a]comes only quarreling,
But with those who receive counsel is wisdom.

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  1. Proverbs 13:10 Lit gives

10 Only by insolence is strife set up,
    and wisdom is with those who take advice.

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18 A (A)hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
But the (B)slow to anger (C)quiets a dispute.

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18 A man who is hot-tempered will stir up strife,
    but he who is slow to anger,[a] he will calm contention.

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  1. Proverbs 15:18 Literally “nostrils”

28 A perverse man spreads strife,
And a whisperer separates close companions.

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28 A person of perversity will spread dissent,
    and he who whispers separates a close friend.

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14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
So (A)abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

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14 Like the release of water is the beginning of strife;
    before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.

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19 He who (A)loves transgression loves quarreling;
He who (B)makes his doorway high seeks destruction.

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19 He who loves transgression loves strife;
    he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.

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19 A brother offended is harder to win over than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a citadel.

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19 A brother who is offended is worse than a city of strength,
    and quarrels are like the bars of a fortification.

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It is a glory for a man to (A)cease quarreling,
But any ignorant fool will break out in dispute.

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It is honorable for the man to refrain from strife,
    but every fool will be quick to quarrel.

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19 (A)It is better to live in a desert land
Than with a contentious and vexing woman.

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19 Better to live in a land of wilderness
    than with a wife of quarrels and provocation.

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10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.

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10 Drive out a scoffer and strife will go out;
    quarrel and abuse will cease.

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Do not go out (A)hastily to plead your case;
Lest, what will you do in [a]the end,
When your neighbor humiliates you?

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Lit its

do not hastily bring out to court,
    for[a] what will you do at its end,
    when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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  1. Proverbs 25:8 Or “lest”